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iWork for iPad is an office suite, like Microsoft Office. Office suites provide applications that are, well, office-oriented. The iWork office suite includes three applications that are similar to Microsoft[more…]

All of the iWork apps (Pages, Numbers, and Keynote) on iPad have a similar look and feel. One of the coolest advantages of iWork is that major features are available in the same way in all its applications[more…]

One of the coolest advantages of iWork for iPad is that major features are available in the same way in all its applications. For example, there's an important interface element in Pages called a[more…]

Photos, images, and video can be added — easily and productively — to any iWork for iPad document. There are two ways to insert photos and video into an iWork document: Use the Insert button at the right[more…]

When you open (or create) a Keynote document on your iPad, the basic Keynote screen appears. The name of the document is centered in the toolbar at the top. At the left, a My Presentations button functions[more…]

In the Keynote app for iPad, you can control the transitions between slides — that is, how the presentation moves from one slide to the next. Transitions add some flair to your Keynote presentation, making[more…]

Keynote is the presentation component of iWork for iPad. With Keynote for iPad, small group or one-on-one presentations using iPad are made possible in a new way because you can easily present short but[more…]

If you want a clean and organized set of data, the tables that you can insert in any iWork for iPad app do the trick. The steps in this section work in any of the apps, including Numbers. Here's how to[more…]

If you need to move documents between your Mac or PC and your iPad, the iPad needs to be physically (not wirelessly) connected to the computer, so make sure you have your connection cable handy.[more…]

Pages is the primary word processing tool in the iWork suite of iPad apps. Pages gives you powerful tools for creating complex documents on your iPad. Pages also gives you some tools that can come in very[more…]

Pages for iPad gives you powerful tools for creating, editing, and formatting documents that may be complex or lengthy. Pages also gives you some tools that can come in very handy for specific tasks that[more…]

Tables and charts are built into Keynote and Pages, but Numbers is the main number crunching tool in iWork for iPad. In Numbers, each tab displays a sheet, which can have one or more tables and/or charts[more…]

Tables are at the heart of Numbers for iPad — they're where your data is entered. In order to work on a table, you need to select it. To select a table in Numbers, tap it. If it's not visible in the current[more…]

If you've ever used a spreadsheet program, you know that columns and rows don't always fit the data within them. In Numbers for iPad, you can select the columns or rows that you want to work on and then[more…]

You tap or double-tap a cell to work with it in iWork's Numbers for iPad. If you want to add or edit data, double-tap the cell. A blue outline appears around the cell, and the keyboard appears so that[more…]

In a spreadsheet program like iWork's Numbers for iPad, a checkbox can indicate, for example, that an item is in stock or out of stock (yes/no or true/false). However, you can also use it to represent[more…]

Tapping the = button in iWork's Numbers for iPad app lets you enter a formula, which automatically computes values based on the data you type in. The result of the formula can be displayed in a cell in[more…]

A form is a user-friendly way of providing input to a single row of a spreadsheet in Numbers for iPad. Spreadsheets can be intimidating, but a simple form, like what you might see on a clipboard at your[more…]

You can add a little style and class — or at least a little color — to the tables you create in the Numbers App for iPad. Formatting your Numbers tables is a fairly simple process, outlined here:[more…]

Presentations get a bad reputation, and presentations built on the Keynote app for iPad are no different. But all presentations are not doomed to banality. If you keep the following issues in mind, you[more…]

In the iWork for iPad apps, adding a shape is actually one of the simplest tasks of all. All three apps share a basic interface and common functionality features, and one of the common features is the[more…]

One of the features that makes iWork for iPad so successful is that the iWork team has made it so easy for you to move documents around and work on them in whatever environment you want. You can get to[more…]